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Show Region Title at Stake FrL Night in Devil-Don Battle at Spanish Fork Only one game stands between the Red Devils and a clear-cut title to the Region 5 basketball bas-ketball championship. This game is with the " Spanish Fork Dons Friday night, Feb. 28 on the always difficult playing floor of the Dons. The garrie begins at the regular 8 p.m. time and will be preceded with the Jayvees' contest at 6:30. Coach Alma Garrett's Red Devils hold a one game advantage advan-tage over their nearest rival, Provo, and can tuck away the title with a victory. On the other hand, siiould they lose to Spanish Fork, and should Provo do the"--expected in beating beat-ing Orem, the Devils would then end in a tie with their northern neighbor. A Don victory vic-tory would practically insure Spanish Fork a place in the big A tourney, a spot which the Forkers will be fighting desperately to achieve in the Friday game. Payson will try to win their first game of the year in their final battle against Carbon at Payson. Whether or not the Red Devils Dev-ils win Friday, will make little difference in their going to the state tourney since they and Provo are already in the meet with last week's victories. However, should Provo lose to i Orem and Spanish Fork dump Springville, the Dons and Bulldogs Bull-dogs would be tied for second place, giving Springville the title also. Whatever the combinations com-binations on paper might be, the only sure solution for the Devils will be to win the game and let' the chips fall as they will and this is not likely to be an easy task against the Dons. Devils 80, Carbon 37 When Springville's Red Devils Dev-ils opened play last Friday night on the Carbon floor, there was a fighting spirit that fired up the Devils and carried them to a stunning 43 point victory over the bewildered Di-nos. Di-nos. Craig Smith, dynamo that he is, spearheaded the Red Devils drive with a 19 point barrage. Closely behind hime were George Black and Elliott Jordan Jor-dan with 17 points each. Jimmy Jim-my Smart ably assisted with 12 points to round out the scoring scor-ing punch. Quarter scores and standings follow: Springville 17 40 58 80 Carbon 8 20 26 37 Region 5 W L Pet. Springville 8 1 .889 Provo 7 2 .778 Spanish Fork 6 3 .667 Orem 5 4 .555 Carbon 1 8 .111 Payson 0 9 .000 Friday's Scores Provo 58, Payson 47 Sp. Fork 49, Orem 44 - (overtime) (over-time) Springville 80, Carbon 37. |